Improved apparatus for impregnating the air of rooms with antiseptic vapors



A. VJ. SAX. A Apparatus for lmpregnatng the Air of Rooms withAntseptioVapors. No. 48,352. Patented June 20, 1865.

i UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANTOINE JOSEPH SAX, OE PARIS, EuANoE.

IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR IMPREGNATING THE AIR 0F ROOMS WITH ANTISEPTICVAPORS.

l Specification forlningpart ot' Letters Patent No. 48,352, dated June20, ISGS.

To all whom 'it muy concern.'

Be it known that I, ANTOINE JOSEPH SAX, alias ADOLPHE SAX, ot' Paris, inthe Empire ofFrance, have invented Improvements in Apparatus forImpregnating the Air ot' Rooms,

hospitals, or other contined places with the` emanations or vaporsarising from tar, creosote, or other suitable antiseptic or`anti-.putrid substances; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full and exact description thereof', reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to improvements in apparatus for impregnating theair of rooms,

hospitals, churches, theaters, or other confined places with theemanations or vapors arising from tar, creosote, or other suitableantiseptic A or anti-putrid substances, with the object ot i oil ofturpentine, or other analogous more or less volatile liquid hydrocarbonswere long since known, these emanations or vapors arising from them,either in the cold state or when suitably7 heated, had not hitherto beenemployed as au easy means of rendering more wholesome the airimpregnated therewith, pre- Venting the spreading of contagiousdiseases, curing pulmonic diseases,\or for other hygienic purposes.

The apparatus oi' which hereinafter a description will be given isintended to Otter an easy and effectual means for disseminating the saidemanations or vapors in the air of rooms, hospitals, churches, or otherspace intended for mento breathe in for a longer or shorterlength oftime.

In the annexed drawings are shown three arrangements of apparatus whichmay serve for the said purposes; but I want it to be understoodthat I donot intend to restrict or restrain myself to these arrangements, as manyother devices might be resorted to for obtainin g similar effects, aswill be explained; neither do I intend to limit myself to any particularshape or size tobe given to them, or to any special metal or material ofwhich they may be coustrueted; but what i'orms the conspicuous objectaimed at in the construction of these arrangements is to obtain with anapparatus ot' comparatively sm all hulk a powerful spreading ordisseminating` in the air of the vapors or emanations arising trom theantiseptic orantiputrid liquid contained in the apparatus.

Figures l and 2,3 and4,5and 6,respectively, represent elevation, Jiront,an'll side views ot' the apparatuses.

In these figures the same letters refer to cori responding parts.

The apparatuses consist ot' a sort of trough, A, or vessel, oftiu-plateor other suitable metal or material, which trough servesforholding the tar, creosot e, or other suitable antiseptic or antiputrid liquidtheemanations or vapors of which are to be disseminatedin the air of the room or other place where the apparatus is put up. Inthe trough Amaybe introduced and kept at any required height amovablepart, B, Or what I call the impregnator;7 also made of tin-plate orother suitable metal or material, and consisting of a series of blades,plates, or leaves, C, connected together and kept parallel to eachother, at the required distances apart, by means of the cross-plate D,which .latter at t-he same timeserves as a lid for the trough, and isprovided with a handle, E, for lifting the iinpregnator at any requiredheight, for which purpose, in the apparatus shown in the Figs. l and 2,a tongue or blade, F, fixed to the plate D, glides in a slot, Gr, fixedto the side P of the trough. On the blade F is soldered a rod, H,provided at suitable distances apart with notches or openings h, inwhich may be introduced a small bolt, I, gliding in a guide, K.

In the arrangement represented in Figs. 3 and 4 a stout wire or rod, L,is soldered to the ends of the cross plate or lid D, and rises abovethis latter toward the middle part, so as to form a handle. Each of thetwo free ends M of the rod L enters vertically into a correA spondingtube, N, soldered to the narrow slide P of the trough. In these ends Mare perfo rated, at suitable distances apart, a series ot holes, p, inwhich may be entered a sort of small bolt, q, formed merely of a'pieceot' stout wire, and gliding in a guide, r, fixed to the side P of thetrough, thus allowing to keep the 'impregnator lifted more or less highout of the upper end of each of the two tubes N is sol-` dered a splitring, S, which may be tightened more or less by means of the set-screwsR, and consequently the ends M of the rod L, and consequently theentire' impregnator be fixed at anyrequired height.

Various other devices for setting the impregnator at will at any desiredheight might be resorted to. If required, also, the trough may beprovided With any suitable arrangement for suitably heating the liquidcontained therein and causing the vapors or emanations to be evolvedmore rapidly and more abundantly, as in the cold state.

I also intend to have apparatus in which a series of blades or plateshinged together endwise, in the manner as the links of a chain or of alazy-tongs, mighthe allowed either to clasp together,and thus applythemselves tlaton each other in a shallow trough containing` the tar orother suitable antiseptic liquid,or allow the blades or plates to belifted up and kept stretchedbyastandard orothersuitable means, so asinthat case to ofieralarge surface covered 'with tar or other liquid forthe air to act on; or a series of plates might be connected in themanner as the leaves of a book, so as to permit of either folding themtogether, so as to lie on the bottom of the trough, or have the leaveskept extended for allowing the air to pass freely between them, and thusbecome impregnated with the liquid in which the plates have been dipped,while, if required, an artiticial draft ot'air may be caused tocirculate between the leaves or plates by means of a ventilator orfan-blower; or a. sort ofpaddle-wheel might be made to turn with itspaddles inthe liquid in the trough for the purpose of continuallystirring the said liquid, and thus promote the evolution oftheemanations or vapors arising therefrom. I also intend to make use of asimilar apparatus or of a fan-'blower for dis Vsemiuating in the airflowers ot' sul phur or other suitable nely-pulverized substancespossessing anti-putrid, antiseptic, or hygienic properties, while motionmay be transmitted to the paddle-wheel or to the blowing apparatus byhand, by clock-work, or any other suitable prime mover.

I also intend to ,have small apparatus consisting of a series offinely-perforated thin plates or pieces of wire-cloth provided with taror other suitable antiseptic liquid, which apparatus may, by a string,tape, or other means,

be kept applied or worn before the mouth, so as to cause the airfbeforeentering into the lungs, to pass through the holes or meshes of theperforated plates or wire-cloth, and `thus become impregnated with theemanations or volatile parts evolved from the tar or other suitableantiseptic liquid made `use of.

I further intend to provide the bell of trumpets, horns, saxophones, orother similarmusical instruments actuated by human insufliation with aninterior double jacket or other analogous arrangement containing tar'o'rother suitable antiseptic liquid, or having fits sides coated therewithin such manner that the'air inhaled through the bellof the instrumentisforced to become impregnated with the emanations evolved from the saidantisepticliquid.

I finally wish it to be observed that the 'antiseptic substances to bemade useV7 of may be employed either in the liquid or in asemi-liqu'idor clammy state, and, if required, be 'diluted with'or dissolved in anysuitable mcnstruu'm.

Having thus made known the nature o'f'my invention and described themanner'or various means of putting the same into effect, what I claim asmy invention, and desire to secure vby Letters Patent, is

An apparatus composed of the reservoir A and movable and adjustableimpregnator B, substantially as herein described, for the purpose ofimpregnating the air of rooms, hospi- Atals, and other buildings withthe vapor of antiseptic substances, as herein described.

A. J. lSAX.

Witnesses:

A. G. WADE, E. SHERMAN GOULD.

